Ali H. Mohammad, a second-year graduate student in computer science at MIT, worked with Huang on the website, slated to debut in mid-February.

An online survey will help Ezaria’s founders determine prices, which they emphasize will be reasonable.

Friends and family of staff act as Ezaria’s agents, taking photos of products, recording dimensions and prices, and shipping them to Ezaria, which then sells them, Captain explained.

“We were able to get transportation prices down very low,” he said.

As an extra perk, Ezaria will offer free next-day shipping to Harvard students, and is also strongly considering the same deal for students at Babson, BU, and MIT, Shakir said.

To its founders, Ezaria’s future as a national company looks promising. Thousands of dollars have already been raised from investments and they hope to work with 15 countries by the end of the year and at least a 100 different artisans in those countries, and sell their products all over the U.S., Captain said.

“We...hope to bring Eastern culture into the Western home...we think it’s going to benefit both worlds,” Mohammad said.

—Staff writer Lulu Zhou can be reached at luluzhou@fas.harvard.edu.